Psychological Therapies Flashcards
Cognitive behavioural therapy
Usually takes place between 5 and 20 sessions
The aim is to help patients identify irrational thoughts and change them
This does not get rid of symptoms but helps patients more easy to cope with them
Family therapy
Aims to improve the quality of interaction and communication in families.
Reducing family stress
Family therapy aims to reduce EE
Pharaoh et al 2010
Indentified a range of strategies by which family therapy aims to improve the functioning of the family
Reducing stress of caring for a relative
Improve the ability of the family to solve problems
Help family members balance caring and their own life
Improving family beliefs and behaviours of Sz
Token economies
Tokens are given to patients when they perform socially desireable behaviour. Tokens can be swapped for rewards such as sweets. This is operant conditioning
Evidence for effectiveness
CBT
Jauhaur et al 2014
Reviewed results of 34 CBT and found it had a significant but fairly small impact of pos and neg symptoms
Evidence for effectiveness
Family therapy
Pharaoh et al
Reviewed effectiveness of family therapy and found evidence that it reduces hospital re admission and improves quality of life of patients
Treatments improve quality of life but do not sure
CBT helps patients make sense of condition
Family therapy reduces stress
Token economies make behaviour more socially acceptable
They do not however cure they just reduce severity of symptoms
Ethical issues
Token economies are controversial with the idea that those who receive privileges are less severe patients
This means the most Ill patients are discriminated against
Quality of evidence of effectiveness
Small studies have shown psychological treatments do help however in these small studies there is often no control group to compare with
